Journal article
30-Day Readmissions After an Acute Kidney Injury Hospitalization
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The risk of hospital readmission in acute kidney injury survivors is not well understood. We estimated the proportion of acute kidney injury patients who were rehospitalized within 30 days and identified characteristics associated with hospital readmission.
METHODS: We conducted a population-based study of patients who survived a hospitalization complicated by acute kidney injury from 2003-2013 in Ontario, Canada. The primary …
Authors
Silver SA; Harel Z; McArthur E; Nash DM; Acedillo R; Kitchlu A; Garg AX; Chertow GM; Bell CM; Wald R
Journal
The American Journal of Medicine, Vol. 130, No. 2, pp. 163–172.e4
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2 2017
DOI
10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.09.016
ISSN
0002-9343